What is the responsibility of a pharmacist?
The responsibility of a pharmacist is to
- Manage a drug store
- Advising patients and physicians
- Verifying accuracy of prescription
- Reviewing possible side effects
- Assigning correct dosage
- Recommending most appropriate non-prescription drug
- Give information to the patient about drug interaction
What are the side effects of methadone?
The side effects of methadone are:
Feeling anxious, nervous or restless
Insomnia (Sleeping disorder)
Feeling drowsy and weak
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, loss of appetite, dry mouth
Impotence
Is pharmacist allowed to give a copy of prescription?
Yes, pharmacist is allowed to give a copy of prescription but they can only use a copy of prescription for an informational purpose only.  A pharmacist cannot dispense a drug from a copy of a prescription. They can contact your doctor to provide you with a new prescription in case you lost your prescription based on the information on the Copy of prescription.
What are the errors that a pharmacist should avoid while dispensing drug?
- Patient’s wrong information (age, weight, allergies, pregnancy status, etc.)
- Inaccurate drug information
- Miscommunication between health professionals, staff and patient
- Wrong drug labelling, packaging and nomenclature (lookalike drug or package)
- Inadequate education given to staff related to drugs
- Inappropriate way of storage, standardization and distribution of drugs
- Ignoring quality processes and risk management
- Inappropriate way of medication delivery device acquisition
What is warfarin and what are some of the drugs it interacts and should be avoided?
Warfarin is a drug used as anti-coagulant, and it is used in patient who is at high risk of heart attack due to blood clot.
Some of the drugs with which it interacts and should be avoided in combination with
- Aspirin
- Clopidogrel
- Danaproid
- Dipyridamole
- LMWHs
- NSAIDs
- Ticlopidine
- Unfractionated heparin
What are the problems you face being a pharmacist?
Being unable to read prescription
Administrating control drug and dealing with patient
Need to communicate with all type of people
To see drug interaction with prescribed drugs
Do you know about NABP?
NABP is the Electronic Licensure Transfer Program allows licensed pharmacists to transfer their existing pharmacist license easily from one state to another.
Can you define PBM?
PBM stands for Pharmacy Benefits Manager; it is often a third-party administrator of prescription drug programs but sometimes can be a service inside of an integrated health care system… It is responsible for processing and paying prescription drugs.
Can you define Peak Flow Meter?
Peak flow meter is a cheap device used for assessing a patient’s current asthma control. It helps patient to monitor the Asthma level and its severity. It measures the peak expiratory flow (PEF) rate.
Tell Me, why Pharmacist Insurance Is Important?
It is more often that in case of any critical situation, doctors are sued by patients, but there are still chances that even pharmacist can be dragged. So, insurance can help you pay for your legal defence and can protect your license rights.
Can pharmacies provide EC (EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE) to women under 17 years old?
Yes, pharmacies can dispense EC to women under 17 years old, it can be sold directly on store shelves without a prescription
What are the information should be there on a prescription for controlled drugs?
For a controlled drug prescription should cover all this information:
- Date of Issue
- Patient name and address
- Practitioner name, address and DEA registration number
- Drug name
- Drug strength
- Dosage form
- Quantity prescribed
- Directions for use
- Number of refills authorized
- Manual signature of the prescriber